YELLOWSTONE THEMES - 15 best pictures of past visits

In preparation for an upcoming Yellowstone trip I thought I'd look through some Yellowstone pictures... aka my own... from years past.

BACKGROUND

It's actually been so many years since these two trips... and I've forgotten a lot of good tips to help me for my upcoming trip but luckily I still had the pictures to remind me and a faint memory of the experiences. This time around I'll be keeping better notes on locations and writing up some blog posts. But for now enjoy these former shots from trips in 2007 and 2009.

I'm more than happy to take tips from you guys if you've been recently... also feel free to share some of your shots in the comments

THE ANIMALS

I'm going next week primarily because it's early spring and the chances of seeing wildlife is much higher. I'll be there the day many of the roads first open up so I can get down there before some of the animals are spooked too far back away from being seen.

I've actually never really done a trip focused on Wildlife photography so me and my 150-600mm sigma are ready for it. The D850 is also gonna be fun to use for it's high Megapixel cropping option but also for the shutter speed to get some animals in action.

THE GEYSERS

Of course when I'm not doing animal photography I'll be heading over to what Yellowstone is most known for... the geo-thermal activity. I think this time around 10 years later I'll have some more improved skills... like panorama skills that i'll be able to bag some awesome landscape shots at the geysers.

CLOSE UPS

Certainly gonna focus on some nice color+texture shots of the cool colors. But hoping to get full features as well.

PEOPLE

Certainly a busy park but when you're up at sunrise somehow you always see a lot less people. But it's way early in the season, school is still in session and i'm pretty good at working around people... and it can't be any be any busier than some of the parks in Utah.

THE VISTAS

Partly the vistas are about the GeoThermal areas but also you have the canyons and waterfalls and lakes that i'll be working on getting some good shots. Hopefully animals and epic landscapes combined. I still want to know where the best vistas are in the park. But then I may exit through Tetons so i'll get some solid epic landscapes if not.

WORK TRIP

I have to keep working while I'm there so I'll be having to stay close to areas of the park that have Cell Phone reception and have my laptop ready to go and I'll probably post here on my blog while I'm out there.

Also I'll be doing a pre-wedding photoshoot for a couple while I'm up in that area so that's one of my reasons for heading up that direction.

RECAP

Any tips or pictures to share put them in the comments happy to hear them. Sure i've been a few times but it's really been so long I can hardly remember the place. That being said I'm still pretty proud of my images from 10 years ago and hope I can get some comparative stuff this time. Hopefully better.

So have you been and what was your favorite?

Also which picture is your favorite? Happy to change the first picture based on feedback